Former Taco Bell Executive Charged With Assault, Battery in Attack on Uber Driver

By Willian Avila •Published November 3, 2015•Updated on November 3, 2015 at 7:14 pm

Costa Mesa Police Department/Edward Caban

A former Taco Bell executive was charged with assault and battery Tuesday in an attack on an Uber driver in Southern California that was caught on camera, prosecutors said.

Newport Beach resident Benjamin Allen Golden, 32, faces four misdemeanor counts, including battery on a public transit employee with injury, assault on a public transportation property, assault and battery, according to the Orange County District Attorney's office.

If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of a year in jail and a $10,000 fine, prosecutors said.